Buffy had found the others in the lunch room and quietly informed them of the bloody bones in the empty classroom and concerned they followed her to the classroom.

"The door's not even locked." Buffy said, turning the knob. "Whatever did this doesn't care if it's found. Vampires don't eat and most demons prefer people, don't they?"

"There are exceptions." Giles commented, they'd collected him from the library on the way. "But yes, for the most part, humans or some part of humans. I'll have to research to see if there's anything that prefers something else. What was it anyway?"

"A pig." Alex answered. "More accurately, a piglet, as in not fully grown."

"You recognize it from the bones?" Giles questioned.

"In wolf form I hunt animals, wild pigs are very common in California. I don't think a demon did this, but I have a way to know for sure."

"How?" Giles answered.

"There's no cameras anywhere in the school, let alone the classrooms." Willow pointed out, feeling grossed out by both the mess and the knowledge that Alex hunted and ate wild animals.

"It's called Ansion, it's a psychic ability, more prevalent among the wild packs than the tame packs." Alex's eyes went black and than gold and he reached out and touched one of the bones.

"What's he doing?" Buffy asked.

"He's hearing and seeing the history of the object." Jesse answered. "Mostly he can hear the last few minutes of someone or something that died traumatically. Bones can give him a little more, he can see the last few minutes of it. It works on other things that were nonliving too. All he gets is a few minutes, but since it's usually the last few minutes, that's often all that's needed."

"Because he sees or hears what killed them?" Giles asked, once again fascinated. "A type of psychometric ability, rare, but definitely not unheard of."

"Breakfast is served." Alex spoke, sending chills down Buffy's spine and probably Johnathan and Willow's as well. "And don't complain because you have to share. We'll find more."

"Growls, squeals, the pig is afraid, they chased it, laughing. No, giggling. Thanks, Alpha." Alex withdrew and stood up, his eyes returned to their normal brown.

"Alpha?" Cordelia asked. "Other Wolfbloods challenging us on our territory."

"No, humans, Principal Flutie gave the pig to Tor and them, the four of them chased and ate it." He looked disturbed. "They're not Wolfbloods and werewolves can only turn during the full moon or under extreme emotional duress. Tor and them weren't under duress, they enjoyed it, but the way a predator enjoys a filling meal. They acted like a pack with Flutie as the Alpha. They're behaving like animals, but they're not animals, they didn't change. Something's very wrong with them."

"Last night at the Bronze they were very aggressive about getting into people's personal space." Johnathan informed them. "And they seemed interested in you guy's usual table, they checked it fairly thoroughly but didn't sit."

"When I left the Bronze I saw Principal Flutie yelling at them." Buffy put in. "He was mad because he'd told them to go home and he said, he didn't like being challenged. Then we both heard howling, which was probably you guys and he looked annoyed."

"This morning they started hassling Lance and Principal Flutie stopped them." Willow added.

"Flutie was looking at us strangely this morning." Jesse reminded Alex.

"And none of us felt comfortable with it. Or with putting our backs to them." Alex agreed. "They may be sensing our own animal nature. And our instincts were responding. How long have they been acting strange? It can't have been long or someone would have notice, the willful avoidance spell can only keep people from seeing so much."

"Yesterday at the zoo they were hassling Lance and Principal Flutie stopped them." Johnathan told them. "That was normal behavior for both of them, this isn't." He indicated the bloody bones.

"Giggling." Aura said. "What animal giggles?"

"Hyenas!" Willow exclaimed. "They were outside the Hyena House, it's currently closed."

"Maybe they snuck in." Jesse suggested. "And Flutie saw them and followed them in. Something may have happened in there."

"What, like the animals possessed them?" Buffy asked. "Is that even possible?"

"Spirit and demonic possession is definitely possible." Giles answered. "It doesn't seem like much of a stretch to imagine animal possession is also possible, though I couldn't tell you how, I'd have to research it."

"You do that." Alex agreed. "Because if this is possession, it needs to be reversed. They're acting like animals, how far will that go? Will they become animals physically or just mentally? And can it even be reversed? Find out. Buffy, you take Willow and Johnathan and check out the Hyena House for some clue that could explain this. Willow and Jonno can use their brains and you can keep them safe. Chances are, some other human is responsible for this."

"Okay, that sounds like a good idea." Buffy agreed and Willow and Jonathan each nodded, accepting the order.

"And what are you going to do?" Giles asked.

"They've issued a challenge, knowingly or unknowingly, in our territory. We're going to find them and answer it. Capture, not kill." He instructed his pack.

"We're ready." Jesse assured him.

"Damn right." Cordelia was practically growling herself.

"Right behind you." Aura nodded.

Alex watched as the others scattered to their assignments before leading his pack outside and crouched down and lightly touched his fingertips to the ground and extended his senses into Eolas, a version of Ansion that allowed him to connect to nature and see through it. Searching for his prey.

A/N Wild pigs can be found in 56 of 58 counties in California according to California Fish and Wildlife and are considered a nuisance.

Ansion and Eolas are both psychic abilities listed on the Wolfblood wiki, one is a lessor version of the other and the wild Wolfbloods are better able to use them.